There is something characteristic in the contrast of the two voices. [Sidenote: LUTHER AND THE POPE.] _The Pope._--"Leo Bishop." _Luther._--"Bishop ... as a wolf is a shepherd; for the bishop ought to exhort according to the doctrine of salvation, not belch out imprecations and maledictions." _The Pope._--"... Servant of all the servants of God...." _Luther._--"In the evening when we are drunk; but in the morning we call ourselves Leo lord of all the lords." _The Pope._--"The Roman bishops, our predecessors, have been wont, on this festival, to employ the weapons of righteousness."... _Luther._--"Which, according to you, are excommunication and anathema, but according to St. Paul, patience, meekness, and charity." (2 Cor. vi, 7.) _The Pope._--"According to the duty of the apostolic office, and to maintain the purity of Christian faith." _Luther._--"In other words, the temporal possessions of the pope." _The Pope._--"And its unity, which consists in the union of the members with Christ their head ... and with his vicar...." _Luther._--"For Christ is not sufficient; one more than he is necessary." _The Pope._--"To guard the holy communion of the faithful, we follow the ancient custom, and excommunicate and anathematise on the part of God Almighty the Father." _Luther._--"Of whom it is said, '_God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world._'" (John, iii, 17.) _The Pope._--"... And the Son and the Holy Spirit, and according to the power of the Apostles Peter and Paul ... and our own...." _Luther._--"And myself! says the ravenous wolf, as if the power of God were too feeble without him." _The Pope._--"We curse all heretics,--the Garasi,[449] the Patarini, the Pauperes of Lyon, the Arnoldists, the Speronists, the Passagians, the Wickliffites, the Hussites, the Fraticelli." [449] This name is inaccurate; read Gazari or Cathari. _Luther._--"For they wished to possess the Holy Scriptures, and insisted that the pope should be sober and preach the Word God." _The Pope._--"And Martin Luther recently condemned by us for a similar heresy, as well as all his adherents, and all, whosoever they be, that show him any favour." _Luther._--"I thank thee, most gracious Pontiff, for condemning me in common with all these Christians. I count it an honour to have my name proclaimed at Rome during the feast in so glorious a manner, and carried over the world with the names of all those humble confessors of Jesus Christ." _The Pope._--"Likewise we excommunicate and curse all pirates and corsairs...." [Sidenote: LUTHER AND THE POPE.] _Luther._--"Who then is the greatest of pirates and corsairs if it be not he who robs souls, chains them, and puts them to death?" _The Pope._--"Particularly those who sail upon our sea."